A shadow cabinet minister appointed 2 days ago has resigned

Pat Glass, who was appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for
Education on Monday, has on Wednesday, stepped down from her
position with immediate effect in the latest round of the mass
resignations to hit the Labour party's frontbench.

More than 50 frontbench MPs have now resigned their positions
since the sacking of Hilary Benn, but the resignation of Glass —
the MP for North West Durham in the north east of England — is
the most surprising given that she was only given the position
after party leader Jeremy Corbyn reshuffled his frontbench
on Monday to reflect the resignations over the weekend.

Glass confirmed her resignation in a tweet:

It is with a heavy heart that I have today resigned as Shadow SoS Education. My dream job but the situation is untenable

Glass's resignation comes as Corbyn faces an increasingly bitter
fight with his parliamentary party, which resulted in a "vote of
no confidence" against Corbyn on Tuesday.

Corbyn lost the vote by an overwhelming margin, with
172 Labour members of Parliament voting against Corbyn compared
with 40 MPs backing him. That represents a majority of over 80%
against Corbyn.

The scale of resignations is now so severe that Corbyn is
reportedly struggling to find enough MPs to fill his entire
Shadow Cabinet, and there are rumours that he and Shadow
Chancellor John McDonnell are prepared to fill several roles
each.

Regardless of parliamentary opposition to his leadership,
Corbyn is refusing to step down, saying that he still maintains a
majority of support from the party's supporters. "I was
democratically elected leader of our party for a new kind of
politics by 60% of Labour members and supporters, and I will not
betray them by resigning. Today's vote by MPs has no
constitutional legitimacy," Corbyn said in statement on Tuesday
evening.

Stepping down from the Shadow Cabinet comes just a day after
Glass said that she will not be standing for re-election at the
next General Election, which could come as soon as this year,
should the new Conservative party leader trigger an election when
they become prime minister in September.

Glass also confirmed that decision via tweet:

I have informed my CLP Chair that whenever the next General Election takes place, I will not be Labour's candidate. pic.twitter.com/g3DADx57KF